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Jeremy Varon, a history professor at the the New School for Social Research in New York, said: “Part of me thinks that Biden has basically given up on reassembling on the Obama coalition and decided that the number that they lose among progressives and the young they will make up with [Nikki] Haley Republicans, moderates and independents.

“Since there’s no meaningful primary, he doesn’t have to appeal to the base. All of that makes for a campaign where he’s going to run to the centre and progressives are going to feel very much in the wilderness.”

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

I'm about 95% positive OP (and a few other accounts that post very similarly toned content) are some kind of trolls operating to demotivate democratic voters. They never propose anything constructive, specific policies, or alternative candidates. They just dredge up any and every article that makes Biden look bad and cherry pick quotes to fit their narrative.

If they just don't like Biden, that's one thing; you can certainly dislike a politician. But OP et al don't seem to have any other agenda besides shitting on the presumed democratic candidate while saying "I'm not a Trump supporter" (paraphrased). Otherwise, they'd be drumming up support for (or at least mentioning) other candidates, asking people to contact their representatives and senators to support/oppose specific policies, etc.

Rather than anything constructive or proposing any kind of viable alternative, it's all "Biden bad", cherry-picked quotes, and childish name calling.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, OP's post history is pretty monotonously anti-Biden.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I'd block them, but then I'd miss out on reporting and down voting all their posts

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

There are no other viable candidates when it's sitting President vs. former President.

The only thing that will stop either Biden or Trump is a major medical event or imprisonment. That's it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Their post history mentions Newsom and how Democrats need another candidate. They also posted an article about air quality getting worse due to climate change.

I think it's a leftist who hasn't figured out the score yet.